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Originally Posted by issybird
I like old travel guides, the rule of thumb that they have to be really old and not just dated. And yes, they're an inadvertent snapshot of their times, in addition to being guidebooks to places.
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I have a guidebook to London from 1931. Among other things, it tells you whether a gentleman should take his hat off when he meets a lady in an elevator. I don't remember if the answer is yes or no, but the etiquette for this in England was different from that on the Continent.